THE LANTERN SOUND RECORDING RIG: 3 story 1910 Farmhouse Recording Studio in a park preserve. Get takes as a band, performing together. Drum, piano rooms, big vocal loft, vintage, tube, analog, ambient or isolated. Full kitchen. Logic, Allen & Heath, Chandler, Trident, Focusrite, Ampex, 32 inputs • Near all Xport • LIE Exit 70 • 631-909-3432 • Proprietor: Mick Hargreaves
New Mick Hargreaves Music Video coming early 2018
Old Song, New Video: Mick Hargreaves "Real Fine Beauty"
Mick Hargreaves "Real Fine Beauty" from Mick Hargreaves Music Videos on Vimeo.
Photo of the Day - 1966 Ampeg Gemini II Guitar Amp
The recent arrival and rehab of a 1966 Ampeg Gemini II all-tube guitar amplifier (right) spices up the comfy front parlour guitar amplifier corner here at the recording studio, ready to go as of this week on the first floor. There's already smaller Vox ACTV4 and Sears Silvertone amps in isolation booths next to the control room, and giant guitar rigs can be isolated in the basement.
Micing The Baby Grand Piano
Artist Anthony Maragni comes in today for tracking with pianist/producer Mark Mancini, who will play the 1929 Hazelton Brothers (NYC) piano. Small & large diaphragm condenser pairs, a pair of PZM's under the lid, and a 57 "in the hole". They won't all wind up in the mix, but I like the coverage for different flavors that each song may want.
New Buddy Woodward offering "Little Blue Sky" Mixed at LSRR
(Buddy Woodward, Tim Stafford)
© 2015 Spatua Ranch Music (SESAC), Daniel House Music (BMI)
Buddy Woodward: Lead vocal, guitar, mandolin
Matt Daniels: Harmony vocal
Pete Green: Drums
Mick Hargreaves: Harmony vocal
Mike Levine: Dobro
Aaron Malone: Fiddle
Zachary Mongan: Banjo
Sav Sankaran: Upright bass
Recorded at Lantern Sound Recording Rig, Manorville, NY;
Spatula Ranch, Nashville, TN; Arrow Sound Studios, Fletcher, NC
Engineered by Mick Hargreaves, Buddy Woodward, Matt Daniels
Mixed by Mick Hargreaves
Produced by Buddy Woodward & Mick Hargreaves
House Concert Series - Fall 2017
8PM SAT OCT 14 Rob Europe w/Julia King
8PM SAT NOV 11 Astronauto w/ Claire Raby
8PM SAT DEC 09 Free Grass Union w/ special guests
Mick Hargreaves opening set at all shows
$15 Suggested Donation. Some snacks, beverages provided; guests are welcome to BYOB and/or dish to pass.
RSVP a must to receive location & directions:
info@lanternsoundrecordingrig.com / studio 631-909-3424
Facebook Event Pages
SAT 10/14 https://www.facebook.com/
SAT 11/11 https://www.facebook.com/
SAT 12/09 https://www.facebook.com/
Colin The Intern Records the 1966 Fender Precision Bass
1966 Fender P-Bass (flatwound strings)
Ampeg 1964 B-15N Portaflex bass amplifier
Heavy-gauge plectrum
Left channel - passive Radial JDI
Right channel - Shure SM7B microphone on Ampeg amp.
Preamp - ART MPA Gold, dual channel, Tung-Sol 12AX7 tubes.
I/O - Echo Audiofire12 Interface
DAW - Logic / Mac OS
We'd rarely mix bass with the DI panned to one side, and the mic channel panned to the other. It's usually a blend of both up the middle. But by panning these two tracks hard left and right, it's easy to hear the difference between the DI and the microphone. Stay tuned for more from Colin the Intern!
Mick Hargreaves
LSRR Open House & Artist Appreciation BBQ: Monday, September 25 2017 5pm
Facebook Event Page
For directions and further information, please RSVP to:
info@lanternsoundrecordingrig.com
Photo of the Day
Performers: @AliveAfterFive_ ARTS STAGE #Patchogue #AA5Patch THU JUL 20 5pm
The Alive After Five Arts Stage enjoys its second 2017 edition THU JUL 20, 2017 at 160 W. Main Street, Patchogue NY, and the theme this week is Women in The Arts. Start time is 5pm. Avoid traffic/parking challenges - Please consider using the Alive After Five Shuttle to get into town for this huge street fest.
Stage director is Dorene Rose, host is Mick Hargreaves, and the sound / staging is provided by the Lantern Sound Recording Rig. Seating will be available.
Area visual artists are invited to attend and create their art, live, in the grassy area around the stage. There is NO FEE. Check in with Dorene Rose when you arrive. There are featured artists, and everyone else is welcomed to join in.
The band was formed early January 2016. Blending guitar and mandolin on an eclectic mix of songs gives them a unique sound. Not to mention how their voices blend in intricate harmonies. They actually sound like one voice. The CP are currently writing original music. Come listen!! Thecosmicpioneers.com
5:45 PM - Marie Smulczeski
15 Min Spoken Word Performance
Marie is an astrophysicist with a research emphasis in Dark Matter. You can find her first published work in the e-zine, "I Want You To See This Before I Leave." She considers her poetry to be somewhere in the realm of cosmic science psychedelic prose, and writes to to shed light on realms we forget exist beyond the common perception.
6 PM - Based out of Greenport, New York. JULIA KING is a Singer-Songwriter with Folk, Blues, Country, and Rock & Roll roots.
The songs from her first EP "The Morning After" will have you blushing, laughing, and crying from start to finish.
www.juliakingmusic.com
6:45 PM - Kelly Powell
15 Minute Spoken Word Performance
Kelly J. Powell is a poet native to Long Island. She currently curates the long running poetry series at bj spoke gallery in Huntington. She loves what she does and does what she loves.
7 PM - New Jersey native, KATIE PEARLMAN began playing drums at age 10, and it wasn’t long before she was playing in a band and recording on her first album.
On her recordings, it is typical to find Katie playing drums, acoustic guitar, mandolin, and of course singing. Find her newest releases here:
https://www.katiepearlman.com/new-single
We are excited to add that Katie will be joined by incredible instrumentalist/vocalist RICH LANAHAN at this show!
7:45 PM - Barbara Ann Branca
15 Minute Spoken Word Performance
Barbara Ann Branca is a performance poet, science writer and jazz singer. She has read and sung original works on National Public Radio and has featured in NYC and Long Island cafes and at the Walt Whitman Birthplace taking first place in a 2010 poetry competition. Her poems appear in several anthologies and she can often be spotted singing at the Jazz Loft in Stony Brook or Bobbique in Patchogue on jam nights!
8PM - People hearing RORIE KELLY for the first time often comment, "I can't believe that voice came out of that body."
She's been compared to Joni Mitchell and Sara Bareilles for her catchy-confessional songwriting style, and to Alanis Morisette and Janis Joplin for her raw powerhouse vocals. Rorie's debut release, Wish Upon a Bottlecap, received airplay across the nation. Her followup live CD, Sincerely Live, featured knockout performances of brand new songs and fan favorites. Rorie is currently working on a new studio release called Rising Rising Rising, and a women's empowerment project called Songs to Start a Fire. https://www.roriekelly.com/
Tonight's performers @Aliveon25 Arts Stage THU JUL 13 2017 @eastendarts #AO25 #Riverhead #
Stage director is Dorene Rose, host is Mick Hargreaves, and the sound / staging is provided by the Lantern Sound Recording Rig.
Seating will be available, and area visual artists are invited to attend and create their art, live, in the grassy area around the stage. There is NO FEE. Check in with Dorene Rose when you arrive.
5PM - MARK MANCINI: On faculty at The East End Arts, Keyboardist Mark Mancini is a natural, having been a part of the Tri-State Blues scene since the early 70's. He has brought his own style of blues to such luminaries as Chuck Berry, Little Buster, Todd Wolfe, Johnnie Allen, Peter Conway, Bill Sims, Dianne Lotny, and a variety of original projects. Influences are mind-boggling: Otis Spann, Roosevelt Sykes, Pinetop Perkins, Detroit Junior, Johnnie Johnson, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Big Bill Broonzy, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Donny Hathaway, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Professor Longhair, James Booker, Allen Toussaint, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Jon Cleary. R'n'B groups such as The Shirelles, The Marvellettes, the Coasters, the Platters, the Drifters, and Ronnie Spector have relied on his blues feel for authenticity in the R&B shows. Mark's life's work, a book called "The Proper Way To Play The Piano", can be purchased by contacting him directly: https://www.facebook.com/mark.mancini.58
5:45 PM - Spoken Word performance by Nina Yavel
6PM - JULIA KING: Based out of Greenport, New York. Julia King is a Singer-Songwriter with Folk, Blues, Country, and Rock & Roll roots. The songs from her first EP "The Morning After" will have you blushing, laughing, and crying from start to finish. www.juliakingmusic.com
6:45 PM - Spoken Word performance by Mellissa Longo
7PM - ROBERT BRUEY grew up in rural New England and lives on Long Island’s North Fork. His roots and how they have helped to shape him are reflected in the original music on his recently released CD, 'Carousel', and are even more evident during a live performance. Robert Bruey’s music is honest and real, raw and meaningful, gritty and naturalistic. His deft, spare and unique finger-picking style -- with notes carefully left alone to be heard in the moment -- provides a perfect complement for his earthy and soulful voice and the meaningful, introspective lyrics of his songs. As a musical artist, he paints with words -- imbuing his songs with imagery that enables listeners to visualize his stories as he sings them.Although he cites such diverse artists as Dave Matthews, Van Morrison, Waylon Jennings, Jackson Browne and Damien Rice as influences, Robert Bruey is his own muse blazing his own musical path – one that should lead him into listening rooms and living rooms far and wide.
www.robertbruey.com
7:45 PM - Spoken Word performance by Courtney Lee
8PM - Dan Horton is a singer, guitarist, and writer likes to play music that shakes, grooves jumps, shimmies and sways. He is a primary instigator in "The Rainy Day House Painters" a loose collective of like like-minded performers including Scott O'Hare, Sandy Hendrickson, Dan Reyburn and brother Josh Horton. FILE UNDER: Rock, Blues, Folk, Swamp Jazz.
About the Performers on the @AliveAfterFive_ Arts Stage: THUR JULY 6 2017 #AA5Patch
We kick of the Arts Stage Summer Season in Patchogue tonight for the first of four ALIVE AFTER FIVE editions. We will be located at 150 W Main St, Patchogue, NY 11772, in front of the Sixth District Court Building, between the Tap Room and The Blue Point Brewery Stage.
Riverhead, we will see you THU JUL 13 at Alive on 25!
Director: Dorene Rose
Host: Mick Hargreaves
Sound: Lantern Sound Recording Rig
Here are our music and spoken word peformers tonight.
5PM - Mark Lawlor: Mark doesn’t consider himself a “musician” but more so, a songwriter! His roots were grounded in traditional Irish ballads, but his guitar-dominated songs and intricate lyrics have metamorphosed into a style somewhere between quality pop to a sort of grunge folk, or “acid folk” as he likes to call it! He worked in the past with UK producer Jez Coad on his debut album 16b Fade Street. Resident in Ireland he commutes to the US regularly and gigs with local Long Island musicians Anthony Liberatore, Jeff Marshall and Alex Sarkis under band name The Undecided.
https://www.facebook.com/MarkLawlorAndTheUndecided/
6 PM - Bryan Gallo: Bryan's highly anticipated debut album, The Party Guest, was released on October 23rd, 2014. Pete Mancini of the Bellerose, NY based Alt-Country band Butchers Blind served as producer for the album with the entirety of Butchers Blind serving as the backing band. The album was recorded and mixed in a remote East Hampton cottage by Mick Hargreaves via his Lantern Sound Recording Rig, and doesn't stray from Bryan's singer/songwriter sensibilities all while stacking on some true Rock and Roll. The Party Guest is a defining statement that encompasses several genres and shows promise for this up and coming Singer/Songwriter. https://www.bryangallo.com/
7 PM - Free Grass Union: You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. - Oh, The Places You Will Go! (Dr.Suess) http://www.freegrassunion.com/
7:45 - Steven T. Licardi is the author of "Death By Active Movement" (Local Gems Press, 2013), is an actor, spoken word poet, motivational speaker, activist, and therapist from Long Island. Steven uses performance to engage in political discourse in order to positively impact communities and to bring about social change. He believes in the power of the arts to teach empathy, love, altruism, and compassion. www.TheSvenBo.com
8PM - Rob Europe is a blues guitarist mesmerizing audiences wherever he appears.Long Island's 2014 International Blues Challenge representative plays with an expertly executed Piedmont style upstaged only by a voice so soaked in soul it comes as no surprise that musical mastery runs in the young bluesician's family. Europe is the great-grandson of Jazz Hall-of-Famer James Reese Europe of the Harlem Rattlers; ragtime music and the Clef Club Orchestra. An ancestral connection gives context to how deeply this rising young musician – whose unique, gravel-laden vocals jibe perfectly with fingers that pluck notes as powerfully as they wield a slide – bleeds the blues, particulary the pre-war country variety.
https://www.robeuropemusic.com/
ARTS STAGE Performance Schedules for 2017 Alive After Five, Alive on 25 Festivals Announced
Dorene Rose - Stage Director; Mick Hargreaves - Host;
Lantern Sound Recording Rig provides Art Stage sound/staging.
Alive After Five (Patchogue NY)
THUR 7/6, 7/20, 8/3, 8/17
Alive On 25 (Riverhead NY)
THUR 7/13, 7/27, 8/10, 8/24
Vote for Crushing Violets to perform in WEHM Battle of the Bands
Vote Here. As many times as you like.
THE CRUSHING VIOLETS: Where dreams and fate collide...
Last day to vote is June 18th. Battle of the bands happens at Bobbique (Patchogue) on Thursday June 22, and the winner will perform at Patchogue's Great South Bay Music Festival in July.
Their song "Starless Sky" was recorded and mixed here at the LSRR.
Listen to the new Anthony Maragni release "Obliteration City"
Recorded at Lantern Sound Recording Rig
All songs written and composed by Anthony Maragni
Produced and arranged by Anthony Maragni
with Mark Mancini and Mick Hargreaves
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Mick Hargreaves
Photography by Shannon Stiggins
Vocals - Anthony Maragni
Piano and Keyboards - Mark Mancini
Guitar and Bass - Mick Hargreaves
Drums - Tom Curiano
Alive on 25 Street Festival (Riverhead NY) adds Arts Stage at East End Arts - LSRR Provides Sound
Like the already successful edition of the Alive After Five Arts Stage in Patchogue, the immediate area surrounding the stage is to be filled with area visual artists working their craft in real time, collaborative murals, and sketch models. For the Riverhead edition, featured artists will be selected from East End Arts creators; The Fringe Festival theater group will be featured on July 27.
DATES: THURSDAYS July 13, 27, Aug 10, 24
Check the Alive on 25 Facebook Page. for updates.
See the Sag Harbor Express profile of area musicians for Mick's discussion about Alive on 25 Arts Stage.
Gallery & Offices:
http://www.eastendarts.org
LSRR returns to Alive After 5 Music Festival (Patchogue NY) - FREE SHUTTLE Announced
The acoustic music stage will be hosted by Mick Hargreaves. The immediate area surrounding the stage is to be filled with area visual artists working at their craft in real time, with collaborative murals, sketch models, and featured artists.
DATES: THURSDAYS JUL 6, 20 AUG 3, 17
ADDED DATES: Arts Stage comes to Riverhead's Alive on 25 for 2017!
SHUTTLE NEWS: For this year's Alive After Five®, festival organizers don't want you worrying about traffic or where to park—TAKE THE FREE SHUTTLE ! It picks up and drops off at the St. Joseph's College NY and Our Lady of Mt. Carmel parking lots continuously from 5 to 11 p.m. on July 6, July 20, August 3 and August 17.
For the latest updates on the festival, search #AA5Patch and follow the AA5 Facebook Page.
Proudly presented by the Greater Patchogue Chamber of Commerce.
Listen to the single "Lost Faith" from Anthony Maragni's debut album "Obliteration City"
The full project premieres next Friday, June 2nd via Bandcamp. Featuring ten original songs, it will also be available on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, iTunes, etc. soon after.
https://anthonymaragni.bandcamp.com/track/lost-faith
Recorded at Lantern Sound Recording Rig
All songs written and composed by Anthony Maragni
Produced and arranged by Anthony Maragni with Mark Mancini and Mick Hargreaves
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Mick Hargreaves
Photography by Shannon Stiggins
Piano/Keyboards - Mark Mancini
Guitar/Bass - Mick Hargreaves
Drums - Tom Curiano
http://anthonymaragni.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/AnthonyMaragni
"One Guitar Uproar" benefits Maureen's Haven THU MAY 25 7pm Vail Leavitt Hall Riverhead NY
Area singer songwriters once again gather around Don Bracken's 1961 Gibson J45 acoustic guitar to benefit Maureen's Haven Homeless Outreach Program.
TICKETS: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2947130
INFORMATION: http://riverheadlocal.com/2017/05/18/one-guitar-uproar-benefit-maureens-haven-may-25-vail-leavitt/
Snakes On a Floor
So. This is a seemingly boring image of "Snakes On A Floor"...
...but it's so much more than that. As you can see from the snake on the top, The Lantern Sound Recording Rig, which takes up nearly the entire first floor, has twelve inputs (through a variety of mic pre's into Logic), with two headphone mixes sent back to the floor.
The sixteen channel snake on the bottom is the new thing in this old three-story farmhouse. Those inputs run all the way up to the finished third floor loft, where George Howard (Sound of Music Studios, Richmond VA [where David Lowery/Cracker were mustering out of], Bay Burger's weekly "Jazz Jam" series, rebroadcast on 88.3 WPPB - FM 88.3FM) and his "Retro Sound" analog mixing room are now ensconced. That boasts a 24x8x2 Soundcraft mixing console (the one Beck used for "Odelay"), a Protools DAW, and a bunch of outboard hardware processing, EQ, and effects units that we want you shake a stick at! When we lay in an additional 8-channel snake, 24 inputs can go all the way upstairs from the first floor. (Pinch me).
In a matter of days, I will be adding a Logic DAW deal up there, so analog mixes can be digitally sourced that way as well. Stereo mixes from either studio can be routed to any and all digital destinations, or to the Ampex 440 1/4" reel-to-reel that's located between the two rooms in the spacious stairwell.
We're ALL about the analog front end. It's critical, in our estimation. Then there's the incredible comfort that sets us apart. We're the closest thing around here to Big Pink, but with better gear. That said, we've even got the Big Pink "Basement Tapes" mic preamps that were used on every darn thing that made it to tape when Bob Dylan and the Band were hanging out doing their thing.
Read that paragraph again. We're the only ones around here fitting that description. More fun details on that soon. There's a lot of history to research there, and I want to get it right.
Why haven't you cut your basic tracks here yet, and then taken the sessions home to do overdubs? Why haven't you taken what you've already recorded to mix here? Well, you didn't know yet - but now you know.
We have tons of ways to save your budget bottom line. The workflow must necessarily evolve to let the artist accomplish things without breaking the bank, or breaking up the band. Let's talk.
Thanks, everyone. Let's make things, and most importantly, let's make a difference in your art.
-MH-
"Live On The Farm" #Houseconcert SAT JUN 10 8p George Mann, Mick Hargreaves
Seating is limited.
To reserve a seat and get directions:
RSVP directly to Mick Hargreaves on Facebook, or call The Lantern Sound Recording Rig directly at 631-909-3432. Leave a message.
FB Event Page:https://www.facebook.com/events/1252506594868521/
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GEORGE MANN hails from New York and has been producing labor and protest music for more than 20 years. He has worked with and produced albums featuring such folk music legends as Utah Phillips, Pete Seeger and Tom Paxton and produced national tours of the US and Australia in honor of the Almanac Singers (2013) and Joe Hill (2015). George brings his experience as a union organizer and educator to his concerts -- stories and songs about real events and the struggle for a better life. He has just released "For the Road and the Sky," his newest CD, and "Until You Come Home: Songs to Heal the Wounds of War," a compilation CD of songs about the effects of war on those who serve.
http://www.georgemann.org/
MICK HARGREAVES' latest digital single "(I've Got) A Guy For That" dropped on the eve of the 2016 US presidential election. It is available as a free download for a limited time at https://
THE LANTERN SOUND RECORDING RIG is in a bucolic, historical, three-story, eleven-room farmhouse, where artists can live, eat, and breathe their recording to completion. We are located less than five minutes from the Hampton Jitney, the Long Island Railroad, and the Long Island Expressway in the Eastern Pine Barrens of LI, NY.
We feature a full variety of microphones and mic preamps, Apple Logic® recording software, simple & clean signal paths, a full compliment of drums/amps/instruments. Quick setups, nice comforts, pleasant people, and fantastic vibes are our trademarks.
http://
Confidence Men release new song "Trumpy The Con Man" on #Bandcamp FRI FEB 03 to benefit #ACLU
"We got this together as a spur of the moment thing. It was fun, but most importantly, The Confidence Men are forwarding revenues from the sales of this performance to the ACLU. It's a "Pay What You Want" download at Bandcamp (including FREE - just enter "0" when prompted), but try to be generous. The ACLU is a great cause and we need them now more than ever. Thanks, everyone."
THE CONFIDENCE MEN
Mark Mancini, Anthony Maragni, Don Bracken @ LSRR
Busy here yesterday. Co-producer Mark Mancini (L) spent the afternoon getting the Anthony Maragni (C) recordings into mix mode with us, then Mark tracked evening piano parts on the Hazelton Brothers baby grand for a Don (R) and Rachel Bracken song.